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Re: [bug-gawk] /[[.]/ handled incorrectly by gawk and grep.
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wolfgang . seeberg |
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Re: [bug-gawk] /[[.]/ handled incorrectly by gawk and grep. |
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Thu, 9 May 2013 14:47:27 -0700 (PDT) |
High,
> I don't consider it a true error, since [. is used to signal POSIX
> collating elements. Thus, it is rather likely that a pattern such as
> /[[.]/ is in error.
thanks for the explanation.
Those dreaded posix collating elements.
Could have found that out myself, but the fact that perl also handled
/[[.]/ without error message convinced me that I had found a genuine bug.
Regards, W.S.